So you have 200 PDFs...

[SMS65]

I spent this afternoon downloading 200+ .PDFs. (Maps, Manuals, Books, etc.). Some invaluable, some not worth the 1s and 0s used to encode them.

Now what? Should I print them? There are literally 100,000+ pages. And the USGS maps are large format.

Can I trust an e-reader to function if there are “societal” problems?

Maybe print the useful ones, and roll the dice with the less useful ones? Or better yet, published them here and let the group vote on the most valuable ones and which ones are “print worthy”?

 

[rlee]

Burn them on a DVD. If your burner can handle them, M-disk would be best.

 

[bilra]

if you have a solar charger for it, a Kindle reader should work just fine "post shtf". it doesn't need the Web to function.

 

[LuvDog]

Are these for SHTF scenarios? if so, then print the necessary ones and even laminate them or waterproof them somehow.

 

[SMS65]

Burn them on a DVD. If your burner can handle them, M-disk would be best.

I’m pretty sure I will see a 72 hour situation in my lifetime. In the 72 hour scenario, I can charge my laptop in my car, and view the docs from there.

Much less likely, but possible, is a 30 day (or more) scenario. Electricity may not be available. Or electronics may be knocked out. Printing, CDs and e-readers should ALL be used.

In retrospect, I think what I’m asking is for help reviewing the docs, and deciding which docs are critical (and should be printed); and which docs I can chance not having.

I will post the list here over the weekend if people are interested.

 

[allen-1]

if you have a solar charger for it, a Kindle reader should work just fine "post shtf". it doesn't need the Web to function.

and put them both in a Faraday cage.

 

[bilra]

If there's an emp, there's going to be lots worse problems than info from books can fix for you. As in starving people trying to kill you, constantly.

 

[rlee]

I'm suggesting you burn everything on a long-life DVD even before reviewing.
That way, nothing's lost and you can change your mind later about what's valuable.

 

[fshalor]

I'm actually a fan of microsd cards plus archival DVDs.

The reason is a 4 year old crappy cheap cell phone with a fresh battery can use them, take pictures, be a flashlight and get recharged.

I put two old Sony's in box for just such an event .both have compasses and fm radios. Both were .turned on, apps installed .Some open gps maps downloaded .and then shut off .both can take 64gb sd cards.

I also have an adapter which can turn plug an external USB drive into one eaisly found using an OTG connector. Good enough to grab something off a CD /dvd and use it.

 

[snax]

When you are running for your life, the only things that are useful is good shoes, a little speed, and maybe the ability to hide and/or shoot well.

 

[SMS65]

and put them both in a Faraday cage.

Slightly off-topic; but does anyone know if a well grounded gun safe will act as a proper faraday cage?

 

[mothybee]

Shelter, water, food and a sharp stick with several extra points.

 

[SMS65]

Shelter, water, food and a sharp stick with several extra points.

My two moms will only let me have 10 extra stick points at a time.

They know what’s good for me, tell me how to live my life, and what to think.

Sigh.

 

[snax]

My two moms will only let me have 10 extra points at a time.

They know what’s good for me, tell me how to live my life, and what to think.

Sigh.

Maybe you should go to the doctor to find out why your testicles haven't descended

 

[SMS65]

Maybe you should go to the doctor to find out why your testicles haven't descended

Well Played Sir!

 

[mothybee]

My two moms will only let me have 10 extra points at a time.

They know what’s good for me, tell me how to live my life, and what to think.

Sigh.

Sorry, forgot about the 10 point rule, wouldn't wanna make you a felon.....But wait..... then you can have as many points as you want. Food for thought.

 

[BenDover]

Check out the Sony PRS series ereaders. They are well built and dirt cheap on ebay. There is an aftermarket firmware PRS+ that I use. It accepts SD cards and can read a wide range or file formats including MP3's.

EDIT: here is PRS+ download page: Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.

 

[SMS65]

Sorry, forgot about the 10 point rule, wouldn't wanna make you a felon.....But wait..... then you can have as many points as you want. Food for thought.

Strictly speaking, I’m already a felon. But my moms are not enforcing the rule. For now.

 

[Varmint]

I spent this afternoon downloading 200+ .PDFs. (Maps, Manuals, Books, etc.). Some invaluable, some not worth the 1s and 0s used to encode them.

Now what? Should I print them? There are literally 100,000+ pages. And the USGS maps are large format.

Can I trust an e-reader to function if there are “societal” problems?

Maybe print the useful ones, and roll the dice with the less useful ones? Or better yet, published them here and let the group vote on the most valuable ones and which ones are “print worthy”?

Just get a reader and a USB solar charger.

 

[jasonj84]

Out of curiosity, did you download these in one central location, or by wandering all around the interwebs?

 

[SMS65]

Out of curiosity, did you download these in one central location, or by wandering all around the interwebs?

Three places primarily. Then wandering. I will share them all with this group over the weekend in a single .zip

 

[jasonj84]

Three places primarily. Then wandering. I will share them all with this group over the weekend in a single .zip

Cool

 

[PreliatorX]

Three places primarily. Then wandering. I will share them all with this group over the weekend in a single .zip

Cool, following.

 

[WanMan99]

Slightly off-topic; but does anyone know if a well grounded gun safe will act as a proper faraday cage?

Anything with a metal external shell with the internal devices to be shielded placed on (or wrapped in) a non conductive material would work.
I would make sure whatever you are trying to protect is in cardboard and not touching the safe walls directly.

 

[namedpipes]

If there's an emp, there's going to be lots worse problems than info from books can fix for you. As in starving people trying to kill you, constantly.

Still better than a zombie apocalypse. The starving people will die off in a few days. Zombies potentially live forever. Stay in the bunker for a couple/three weeks and you'll be fine. You have a bunker, I assume.

 

[BruceW]

Only 200? Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up.

Store them in Multiple ways. (2 is 1, 1 is none.) DVD, High quality flash drive (Trust me spend the money on a good one. Sh*t ones can corrupt quite fast) Put them on a SD card, Print what you think are the most important ones (go to a printing place like kinkos. The price of ink for you to print them will be more then you pay) then laminate them, or put them into page protectors, tape the protectors shut, and put it all into a binder.

 

[SMS65]

I poked around and found some more .pdf. So the .pdf count alone is up to 550. I did a quick scan to remove any dups, but I’m sure I did not get them all. I think there were 10 versions of Survival, Evasion and Escape (as an example).

I zipped them all into a single 1.3G file and I’m uploading this to a openly shared Dropbox account. I will publish the link in about 60 mins.

If anyone can’t unzip this file, let me know and I will break it up into smaller chunks.

I will publish the maps tomorrow.

 

[SMS65]

Pdf Archive


Important: As of now it is still uploading....give it until about 12:00 PM (EDT).

 

[fshalor]

Maybe you should go to the doctor to find out why your testicles haven't descended

Dude. Easy.. he lives in MA.

 

[fshalor]

I poked around and found some more .pdf. So the .pdf count alone is up to 550. I did a quick scan to remove any dups, but I’m sure I did not get them all. I think there were 10 versions of Survival, Evasion and Escape (as an example).

I zipped them all into a single 1.3G file and I’m uploading this to a openly shared Dropbox account. I will publish the link in about 60 mins.

If anyone can’t unzip this file, let me know and I will break it up into smaller chunks.

I will publish the maps tomorrow.

I'll try and grab this tomorrow and throw it up on an S3 bucket